Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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Vicki Berger Heads Newspaper Staff Better coverage of news and events at MHS for both students and the community served as the main goal set by the 1968-69 Bulldogs C-rowl staff. Vicki Berger, who had won the best news story award at the University of Missouri journalism Workshop dur- ing the summer, was named editor. Staff members wrote, edited, and made-up the four-page tabloid, appearing bi-weekly in the Mexico Ledger with special eight-page editions at Christmas and graduation. Alternating with the paper was Growl-TV. The show, directed by lohn Kuester, appeared on Channel 12 every other Friday at 6 and 7 p.m. ln the annual MIPA newspaper contest sponsored by MU's School of journalism, the Growl received a First Honors rating with individual honors going to lim Worstell, sports editor, who wrote the top sports story in the state. While Vicki Berger, editor, keeps an eye on Growl make-up, Con- nie Harrison, left, page three editor, and Ginger Mundy, page two editor, cut column rules and slug out their pages. ttopj lim Wor- stell, sports editor, and Eric Stover, page one editor, make corrections in type for the final edition of this year's Growl. Bob Napier, Ledger city editor, center, supervises thejob.

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M CLUB: IBOTTOM Pollard, Steve Sayers, newald, john DiBlasi, Tom Shrader, Bruce ROW? Tim Bailey, David Levingston, Larry Tom McCormack, Randy Smith, Gary Fen- jerry Black. KROW TWOI Dale Hunthausen, Knipfel, Alan VanWyngarden, Bob Miller, 44 Frank DiBlasi, Lewis Melahn, Clarence Bradshaw, Tim Baker. KROW THREE! Roger Lewis, Elwood Rice, Steve Leeper, Topper Pfeifer, Keith Aussieker, Lyle Hamilton, Mike Lankford, Keith Laws, Randy Means. L. E A l Organizations 131 MHS Lettermen Co-Sponsor Show At the top of M Club activities this year was the second annual talent show. Working in cooperation with the Key Club, M Clubbers worked hard to make the project a success, donating half the 585 prize money and in return receiving half of the proceeds. In addition to the Suppressed Desires, an over-30 group of Mexico musicians, the talent show offered everything from jazz and acrobatic dances to a song from the upcoming musical My Fair Lady . Winning first place, the Rhodes Folk Group was followed by Kathy Atkins with a dramatic reading and johnny Freeman's rock band. Gary Fennewald and Bruce Knipfel MC'd the show and awarded the prizes to the contestants. Folk singing brings first place and the 550 prize money to the Rhodes Folk Group. They are Karen Ogar, seated, and from left, Linda Rhodes, Keith Laws, and Becky Rhodes.

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- K. iss. ? 'J Organizations 133 :1,' lfrom top left, clockwise! Looking over a scrapbook of MHS news, Carol Wegener, center, finds a needed bit of information with the help of Terry Ehrhardt and Teresa jones. That Kuester and his Mover Mouse! laugh Dianne Davis and Karla Baker as they read proof sheets. john Kuester, Growl TV director, signs off another of the Friday evening shows. An ad layout takes shape with the help of the Ledger's mat service for ad manager Phil VanHorn and Su- zette O'Connor. not pictured: Cary MaGuire.